This post is updated regularly to keep this list as up to date as possible. Last updated July 7, 2018.

There is on going national debate role of technology in current middle class job loss. Since creation of a vibrant working force requires several factors & involves several factors, this current debate is who is more responsible for this job loss? Is it robots killing jobs? or China taking our jobs? or Government trade policies that is responsible? In this post, I am putting together a selected lists of recent articles on the role of technology & trade policies on the current work force for easy reference.

Recently I have been interested in short exercises, stretching & other forms of exercises that don’t involve gym membership or unnecessary equipment. In this post, I am putting together a selected lists of articles on yoga, short exercise and other physical training for easy reference.

For more than a year or so, we have been reading articles on opioids addiction, alarming death rates from opioids overdose and related topics on daily basis in major national newspaper like Washington Posts & New York Times.

Since I have been interested on this topic, I have been reading these articles whenever I come across one from trusted source. For my own purpose and for others interested in this area, I have started to compile of a selective lists of popular news article published in major news outlets like New York Times, Washington Posts and others.

The New York Times article titled “Intimidation, Pressure and Humiliation: Inside Trump’s Two-Year War on the Investigations Encircling Him” by The New York Times reporters Mark Mazzetti, Maggie Haberman, Nicholas Fandos and Michael S. Schmidt details the current status of Robert Mueller’s investigation of Present Donald Trump & Russia influence in 2016 presidential election. This article is very detail and educative for all.

A recent article Why Do South Asians Have Such High Rates of Heart Disease? in The New York Times | Feb 12, 2019 issue is interesting and very important for all South Asians living here in the US. The study cited the article makes it clear that despite so called “healthy & good life style” this ethnic group seems to “have a greater tendency to store body fat in places where it shouldn’t be, like the liver, abdomen and muscles. Fat that accumulates in these areas, known as visceral or ectopic fat, causes greater metabolic damage than fat that is stored just underneath the skin, known as subcutaneous fat.“

The Japanese tidying expert Marie Kondo is known in US since 2014 when her The New York Times best seller book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up was published. In 2015, The New Yorker magazine ran a piece titled The Origin Story of Marie Kondo’s Decluttering Empire reporting how Americans were inspired from her decluttering …

Wind chills of minus 35 to 65 are expected through the period. Exposed skin can get frostbite in as little as 5 minutes when the wind chill is 50 below, and Twin Cities metro area wind chills are expected to be minus 50 or lower from Tuesday evening through early Wednesday morning, then in the 40s below zero the remainder of Wednesday into early Thursday.Ron TondraMeteorologist, Updraft Blog

The New York Times has an posts How to Get Stronger in the New Year offers “six ways to build muscle, even if you don’t have much time to work out”. Very useful for seniors to maintain a healthy life style.

How a Wellness expert spend their typical weekend? Well, The New York Times has a Sunday routine of wellness expert Dr Deepak Chopra – How Deepak Chopra, Wellness Expert, Spends His Sundays. According to The Post’s reporter Alix Strauss “There is yoga, there is walking, there is meditation. There is mindfulness, there is reflection, there is detachment. And there is also coffee, lots of coffee.” ∞

There is an interesting article in The New York times about CBD (Cannabidiol) oil titled Why Is CBD Everywhere?. To quote from The Times “Cannabidiol is being touted as a magical elixir, a cure-all now available in bath bombs, dog treats and even pharmaceuticals. But maybe it’s just a fix for our anxious times. ”

Dr Richard A Friedman, a psychiatrist and a contributing opinion writer, joins in the debate with his Dec 28 opinion post Is CBD Helpful, or Just Hype? suggesting CBD enthusiasts to wait the research before pouring CBD into our tea and rubbing it all over our bodies. ∞